Well the NFL season officially ended Sunday night with the Pro Bowl. Its not really a game as much as its a glorified scrimmage. But what it does is mark the start of the off-season. Already this NFL off-season is shaping up to be an interesting one.
However, now is the time to focus on college basketball. Monday brought two terrific games, between rivals. First the Rutgers women's basketball team faced off against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Not only is this a re-match of last year's championship game (which touched off the Don Imus incident) but Rutgers is winless against Tennessee. The game started out on the path again as Tennessee took a huge lead. Rutgers showed their heart as they fought back and took a one point lead with less than 30 seconds left in the game.
Tennessee set up their final with Shannon Bobbitt pulling up for a jumper. All-American Candace Parker grabbed the offensive rebound and took a short baby hook. That missed and Nicky Anosike grabbed the rebound. Here's where the controversy takes place. The clock stopped with 0.2 seconds when Anosike grabbed the rebound. She proceed to come down, and go back up within 0.2 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I watched that part of the game live and let me tell you that: 1) the foul was called with no time left on the clock and 2) Tennessee got a gift victory.
Now Tennessee definitely played hard and fought back in the final minute, but that call effectively gave them the victory. Hopefully, this type of call won't occur in the Tournament, because that would be a travesety.
On the men's side, there was a similiar situation that took place. The game was Georgetown vs. Villanova. A typical Big East battle, low-scoring with tough defense all night, the game was tied at 53 with less than 10 seconds left. Villanova had the ball and they were going for the win. Guard Scottie Reynolds lost the ball on the baseline, and Georgetown guard Jonathan Wallace grabs it. He dribbles up court where he is slightly bumped by a Villanova player. The referee calls a foul with 0.1 seconds left!!!! Of course Wallace knocks down the free throws giving Georgetown the victory.
This foul call was different from the previous one, because the clock didn't malfunction, but the impact is the same. The referees in these cases took the game out of the player's hands and put it in their own. It's just sad that after 39 great minutes of basketball, two games could come down to the referee.
Lastly, I want to send out prayers and well-wishes to hockey player Richard Zednik. Zednik was inured in a gruesome injury on Sunday night. When I first saw the clip of it, I wondered how the guy was able to walk off the ice. You see, his teammate's skate flew up and cut him on the neck. Yesterday it was reported that Zednik lost about five pints of blood. And that the skate barely missed his juglar. Hockey is a dangerous sport and really, I'm surprised that more injuries with skates dont happen. I guess this just shows how much body control and athleticism hockey players really have.
Next up on the sports radar is some hearing with Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, maybe you've heard about it. Looking forward to that. Until then, peace.
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